While sorting through our archives, we come across the occasional curiosity. Case in point, this photograph. The print isn’t labeled, and we don’t have the foggiest notion of when it was taken, who these men are or why they’re holding their oars aloft.
Time Machine 5 years ago, in 2007, the Tech men’s lightweight crew team won a second straight gold medal in the Dad Vail Regatta, college rowing’s biggest event. • 10 years ago, in 2002, President Jimmy Carter, Cls 46, received the Nobel Peace Prize and the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service. • 25 years ago, in 1987, John P. Crecine was named Tech’s ninth president. • 50 years ago in 1962, the RAT rules (which mandated that the cap had to be worn at all times, and that offenders had their heads shaved) were dropped on campus. • 75 years ago, in 1937, the Industrial Development Council was formed to be the contractual agency of the Engineering Experiment Station. The council would become the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. • 100 years ago, in 1912, the Rockefeller YMCA building was built on the corner of North Avenue and Fowler Street at a cost of $75,000. Many renovations later, it now is the L.W. “Chip” Robert Jr. Alumni House, home of the Alumni Association.
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